Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace hookeriana Klatt |
Bibliography | Linnaea 32: 293 (1864) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4100m |
Description | leaves trimorfic, inner leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 8-30mm, sparsely pubescent, obtuse, umbels 4-8-flowered, flowers ca. 6mm across, lobes broadly obovate |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula hookeriana (Klatt) Kuntze Primula klattiana Derganc |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |